Free Agency is just a glorified delisting really. All the players that have left have had no offer from there original club shows how they where valued at the club. Except of course for Goddard who was offered an extremely good package by us to stay. However, Essendon came in and gazumped us. Chapl...

Could we not over-react a little please? If everyone shoves out their 29 year old A-graders to a team close to winning a flag and a higher paycheque then won't the other good players from that club come on the market and we get them? the never-ending circle will continue Actually what happens is th...

No we won't. If there is anyone that is really worth going after there will be a number of clubs chasing him. We will not be the most desirable location unless we are paying well over what the Collingwood and Essendon's etc are willing to pay. We will pick up the occasional free agent but they will ...

Given our luck I fully expect him to spontaneously combust within 2 minutes of his first start after kicking 10 3 games straight for Sandy.

Do we really need Stevens though? Does he offer any more than Armo or Jack. We are not in a premiership window at the moment and anyone that thinks we are is deluded. If we can get him for a third rounder then fair enough but if he costs more than that then the price is too high in my opinion. So w...

A straight swap for Brown is about right but if it's a straight swap for Stevens then it's daylight robbery and we are the ones with our pants around our ankles.
Oh I do love a good mixed metaphor.

Do we really need Stevens though?
Does he offer any more than Armo or Jack.
We are not in a premiership window at the moment and anyone that thinks we are is deluded.
If we can get him for a third rounder then fair enough but if he costs more than that then the price is too high in my opinion.

Fkn WCE list manager with a quote akin to "We want to deal a deal on Cripps and We hope St.Kilda respect his wishes to play with us" Hmmm - we have to respect Cripp's wishes but they dont have to respect Browns :roll: Arrogant pricks But there is a major difference Brown has a contract wh...

Why don't we just offer 24 for Pears and say stick it to the Eagles?
If they come out with a 2nd rounder for Cripps we insist that he is worth their 1st rounder or Brown.

There is a major problem with all this talk of Cripps + whatever for Brown. West Coast have stated they don't want to lose Brown and also have given no indication that they have any interest in Cripps whatsoever. The fact that Cripps wants to play for WC is only relevant if WC want him. Can anybody ...

Offer Port pick 90+.
They will take it as he is worth nothing as a free agent to them and we don't want to risk watering down our compensation.

That is to be Armo and Ross, isn't it?

The problem with Free Agency is that not all clubs start on an equal footing. If it is a choice for a player to go to either Collingwood or Melbourne, the demons would need to offer a much larger salary in the hopes of winning. It has the potential to create a two-tier competition between the desira...

Hard to get father/son picks when our guns either mostly produced daughters and another one was caught ot wearing ladies frillies as mentioned by somebody in a previous post We got one from that person. OK spill the beans. How come I have never heard of a former son of the red, white and black bein...

Do you really think WC want Cripps? I know he wants to go there but that is not the same. They have just picked up Wellingham a quickish line breaker with good delivery skills. Cripps is a similar player just with less runs on the board. I think he is worth a lot more to us than to them and they wil...

Is it time for us to throw our hands up and say OK we can't get him and turn to North and say how much for Hansen. Why would we turn our attention from a full back to a foward...and a crap one at that! I would say if the Mitch Brown trade breaks down then we might look at Luke Delaney and maybe Cam...

Is it time for us to throw our hands up and say OK we can't get him and turn to North and say how much for Hansen.

I would imagine that would just about kill Cripps chance of getting to West Coast.

Saints 2013 - At least we aren't Melbourne.

heard yesterday of the a few of the weirdest questions the young men at the Combine had been asked, the one I remember was the player was asked to ' coount backward from 100 by 7's' but there were a few other odd ones what would you ask- 1 question that may give you the greatest information , or th...

I wish him all the best but will not be disappointed to see him go. Yes, he has played some great games for us over the years but they have been outnumbered by the shockers. His problem is that he has AFL courage and skills and VFL or below level decision making on the field. That is why he so often...

I will respect BJ's decision if he admits it was about the money. His agent coming out and saying it is about security and new opportunities and the money was not major factor is simply dishonest. Why should we respect somone who lies to our faces? I have no problem with someone leaving for the mone...

the saddest thing about this is seeing how insecure so many supporters are. You would think their mothers had just put them up for adoption. Hard to respect the club when so many of its supporters are so fragile. I think you are reading too much into the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I am angry at...

from all that he has said, he likes to get contracts out of the way nice and early. If he delay's he will be gone, but i'd be very surprised. He is a big believer in "they will pay me what i am worth" plus he would be pretty old for FA, not alot of interest in a 1 or 2 year player... Is e...

Please Collingwood are at the forefront with the dodgy deals. Do you think it was coincidence that Luke Ball's media profile jumped directly he moved to the Pies. Do you think the articles written by some journo in his name was just a bit of luck. Please wake up.